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<br />305 Denver Avenue – Suite D • Fort Lupton CO 80621 • Ph: 303-857-6222 • Fax: 303-857-6224 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />February 12, 2018 <br /> <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />Mr. Eric Scott <br />Environmental Protection Specialist, P.G., R.G. <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />RE: 112c Permit M-2008-017 – Derr Pit Amendment – Oil and Gas Operations and <br />Mineral Lessees <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Scott: <br /> <br />I am providing this letter to inform you of our progress in obtaining surface use <br />agreements with the operators on the properties that are part of this application for <br />amendment to the Derr Pit 112c permit M-2008-017. <br /> <br />We have contacted Brian Amsberry with Noble Energy, Inc. and discussed their <br />holdings and operations on the original property area and the proposed amendment <br />area. They own some existing horizontal wells on the original property and a vertical <br />well (Noffsinger 8-4) on the amendment property. They have requested an area to be <br />designated to drill future horizontal wells which we have shown on the mining and <br />reclamation maps. We have also provided these maps to them to review. <br /> <br />We contacted Extraction Oil & Gas, LLC and discussed their holdings and operations on <br />the proposed amendment area. We first contacted Justin Dean Smith with Extraction Oil <br />& Gas, LLC and he had another person from their operations group contact us with <br />more information on their plans for their existing vertical well in the amendment area. <br />The existing vertical well (Noffsinger 2-4) is scheduled to be abandoned in the next <br />couple of months. We provided an access to the well location assuming it will be <br />abandoned and provided the COGCC offset required around the abandoned well of 25’ <br />plus feet. We are trying to get in touch with the correct landman for this area but have <br />not heard back yet. We contacted Sean Flannigan who is one of their landmen but not <br />for this area regarding a surface use agreement. <br /> <br />We will continue to pursue agreements with these entities. The proposed mining will not <br />mine within 200 feet of the oil/gas wells in the area until agreement are in place or a